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1939/01/27
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
to William E. Shepherd re: declining membership in the Beaux-Arts Institute
Signed as President on White House stationery. He notes he is a rank amateur
GLC02793.083
1990/04/25
Bush, George (1924-)
to Dr. F. Terry Hambrecht re: enjoying "The Toy Shop" and a story of Lincoln
Written as President
GLC02793.119
1840/03/04
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution
Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."
GLC02847
7 September 1795
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Thomas Paine
President Washington thanks "Thos Paine - of Boston" (not the famous author of "Common Sense," who was in Paris until 1802) for a poem inscribed to him.
GLC02858
circa 1861
Unknown
[Poem praising John Augustine Washington]
Written in praise of Washington, who died 13 September 1861. States "No soldier of fortune, no seeker or pelf, No lover of glory and fame; But simply a man who was true to himself, The home where he'd dwelt and his name..."
GLC02953.02
17 June 1848
Madison, Dolley (1768-1849)
[Quotation for Miss Saltonstall]
Poetically compares human actions to nature. "The passions were like sounds of nature, only heard in her solitude! Our senses may captivate us with beauty but in absence we can forget . . ." Inscribed to Miss Saltonstall.
GLC03010.01
22 August 1914
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman
Says he has published an article defending Ulysses S. Grant against attacks by Adolphus Richards. Sends a copy of the article, which he has had published anonymously. The article also criticizes General Custer, whom Richards had defended....
GLC03073
18 April 1785
Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)
to Henry Knox
Discusses the proper time to sell goods recently arrived from London that were consigned to Henry Knox. Relates that Granville Sharp sent a box of books intended for Knox, Harvard College, Rhode Island College, and George Washington. The books were...
GLC02437.03128
8 May 1785
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
Knox writes to Crevecoeur, French consul at New York. Expresses his regret at Crevecoeur's loss of important papers. Apparently responding to Crevecoeur's request for information related to the Revolutionary War, writes, "...I was not at the...
GLC02437.03141
2 April 1786
to William Gordon
Writes that he is unaware of a present being sent from the King of France to General George Washington; declares that Colonel Laurens received money and goods but he thought they had been purchased. Provides information about a wartime incident...
GLC02437.03257
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